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Anyway! Here's chapterrrr…. (checks past updates) 13! 13…right.

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Chapter 13 – Seeing double

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Kaoru gazed at the boy that was now pinned on top of her. The sadistic smirk that was plastered on his face made chills run down her spine. What was going to happen to her?

She wanted to wind up her leg and wallop him right where it hurts but something told her that wasn't the right thing to do. So she aimed for the next best thing.

She slapped him.

Hard.

Right across the face.

She was almost surprised she had the gut to do it. His head whipped in the direction in which she slapped him while a red welt started to appear on his left cheek where her hand had connected with flesh.

She was almost frightened as he just stared off in the direction his head had ended up. She couldn't find it in her long gone burst of courage to look away. Finally, he slowly let his head creep back to locking eyes with her own.

A familiar violet.

She couldn't resist a sigh from escaping her mouth. He was back to normal. At least she hoped he was.

"Kaoru…?"

His voice seemed to be the type she recognized and found it was safe to say that he was Kenshin.

"Kenshin, what the hell were you-"

"He didn't hurt you, did he?"

His urgent question silenced her. He was talking third person? Kaoru gave Kenshin a perplexing look as she kept silent a while longer before she finally found the right words to respond to him with.

"What are you talking about…?"

Kenshin didn't seem to be in the mood for explanations. He just shook his head fervently and sputtered almost agitated before locking eyes with her and toughening the question.

"Did he hurt you."

Kaoru didn't seem it was wise to argue. She simply shook her head slowly while Kenshin sighed in relief. Kaoru's mind was swimming with questions and puzzlement as she tried to gather exactly what in seven hells was going on in the boys mind.

"Kenshin, what is going on."

Kenshin glanced back at her and seemed almost hesitant to tell her exactly the answer to her question. He bit on his bottom lip nervously before pushing off of her and turning his back to her.

Kaoru sat up and glanced at the boy, waiting for him to answer her. She almost wanted to groan at his silence but guessed that this wasn't an average problem someone had to deal with.

"I…"

He couldn't seem to finish what he was saying with adding another gulp of air. He hung his head before finally choking out his answer.

"I've got…a split personality."

Kaoru waited in silence once again before shaking her head, creasing her eyebrows.

"What-"

Kenshin turned around and answered her unsaid question.

"Another side to me, Kaoru. A, A double, a second side, an additional person…"

He waved his hands, emphasizing his answers before turning to her directly.

"…Another me."

Kaoru stared at Kenshin. Another personality? As in, his mind carried another person? Kaoru continued to stare at him until she shook her head.

"Kenshin…when people have a split personality, they don't know it."

Kenshin shook his head as well as he started to pace.

"I know. I've tried to reassure myself by reminding myself of that but no matter what I try to come up with for an excuse of my change, it's always split personality."

Kenshin sat down on the edge of the bed, his back facing her.

"Tell me…would I pin you down on a bed and clearly try to seduce you…?"

Kaoru tried to remember a time that hinted to that but couldn't come up with anything but accidental peeks in the shower and innocent teasing.

"…No…"

Kenshin nodded, gaining a proving point to his deduction.

"And do I call anybody, 'my little angel' ?"

Kaoru paused a moment more and suddenly found the pine green color of the comforter very interesting.

"…No."

Kenshin sighed as he hung his head.

"You see? I'm not like that. And…I have no control. Once he's out, he's out until he's done and lets me take over. I have no idea how I know about him…but I do."

Kaoru nibbled on the tender flesh of her lip as she stared off at the comforter. She tried to process exactly what she had just learned.

Soooo…

Kenshin had a split personality.

And she had just witnessed it.

Kaoru's mind just couldn't quite process everything with ease. She tried to take everything slow but things didn't seem to go the way she wanted. She took deep breathes as Kenshin didn't dare turn to face her.

Sitting on the edge of his bed, Kenshin continuously cursed at the loss of his control. What the hell was he thinking! How could he just let his other side take over like that?…

Battering himself with berates, Kenshin didn't notice when Kaoru had arisen from the bed and slowly made her way in front of him.

Feeling her hand on his shoulder, he glanced up at her, her mouth still holding her bottom lip.

"Kenshin…You don't need to worry…"

Kenshin gave her a perplexed look as he stared at her. He then shook his head, disagreeing with her statement.

"But Kaoru, my other side is dangerous. He could hurt you if I'm not careful-"

Kaoru put her hand over his mouth to silence him as she shook her head as he did.

"Kenshin…I've seen him before…when you because angry with me…and just now. If I was in anyway too scared to be around you do to that, I would've gotten up and left."

Kenshin didn't only keep silent because the hand on his mouth but his eyes told her a sign of shock had over came him.

Kaoru then took her hand off of his mouth and leveled herself so that their eyes were vertically across from each other. She smiled at him and drew him into a small embrace.

"…I trust you."

Kenshin was silent. The words had seriously befuddled him. He was frightened he'd lose another one close to him if he confessed that secret.

I trust you

Kenshin slowly let his eyes drift to half mass as he buried his head into the crook of her shoulder the breathed in her rich sent, his eyes now shut.

I trust you…

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I AM SO SORRY FOR THE SHORT CHAPTER!

I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW I'M STILL ALIVE!

THE WEATHER FOR 7 WEEKS HAS BEEN SUCKY RAIN AND NO SUN SO NO MOTIVATION!

Oh yeah and TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY:D

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